Explanatory Notes

National Library of Scotland Act 2012

2012 asp 3

21 June 2012

The Act

General

Section 11 – Subordinate legislation

58.This section provides that orders made by the Scottish Ministers under the Act are subject to the negative procedure, except in the case referred to in section 10(4) – where the affirmative procedure applies – and the case referred to in section 12(3) – where only the default laying requirement applies(9).

9

For the meaning of “negative procedure” see sections 28 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. “Default laying requirement” means the requirement in section 30 of that Act.